Anyone know where i can find meanings to the allusions mentioned in chapter 1-6?! like Andrew Jackson, battle of Hastings, etc..
Hi there.
Here's some:
Andrew Jackson: He was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837).
Battle of Hastings: an important battle in the Norman Conquests of England (1066)
Cornwall: a country at the southwest tip of England.
disturbance between the North and the South: The American Civil War (1861-1865)
flivver: Model-T Ford.
John Wesley: (1702-1791) We was the founder of the Methodist Church.
Meridian, Mississippi: Meridian is a city in east Mississippi.
Merlin: King Arthur's adviser, prophet and magician.
Mobile: a city in southwest Alabama.
Pensacola: a city in northwest Florida.
Stumphole whiskey: illegally made and sold whiskey that would be hidden in the holes of tree stumps.
Tuscaloosa: a city in central Alabama.
Bullfinch: A famous collection of Greek myths
Dewey Decimal System: A system for organizing books in libraries devised by Melville Dewey.
